Sima Rui was very happy to see Tao Zhen, appointed him to join the army, and crowned Tao Kan as the general of Fenwei, gave him a red building to cover the car and preach, Tao Kan was forced to cut off contact with Hua Yi in desperation. Tao Kan defected before the battle, which greatly injured Hua Yi's vitality, Xiakou was lost, and the door of Jiangzhou was wide open.

The capital Luoyang was often harassed by the military horses of the Han Zhao (established by the Xiongnu nobleman Liu Yuan), and the people revolted in all directions. Hua Yi even told the envoy that even if the road in Luoyang was cut off, he should not pay tribute to Sima Rui, the evil king of Lang, who was not rightly named, thus offending Sima Rui.

In order to show his loyalty to the emperor, Hua Yi refused to accept Sima Rui's orders, and the relationship with Sima Rui deteriorated even more. Most of his subordinates advised Hua Yi to take a step back and cooperate with Sima Rui, but Hua Yi insisted on his own opinion and did not adopt the opinions of his subordinates.

Seeing that Hua Yi did not accept his appointment, Sima Rui sent Yang Lie's general Zhou Wan to lead troops to garrison Pengze in Tun to prevent Hua Yi's expansion. Zhou Wan admired Hua Yi's enthusiasm for worrying about the world, and was unwilling to provoke the suspicion between Hua Yi and Sima Rui, so he changed his mind to find the sun.

In the fifth year of Yongjia (311), the Yongjia Rebellion occurred, and the Xiongnu nobleman Liu Yuan led his troops to capture Luoyang and took away Emperor Huai of Jin to return to the north. Sikong Xun Fan elected Sima Rui as the leader of the alliance, so Sima Rui undertook to change the system to the chief, but Hua Yi did not obey.

Sima Rui found an excuse to send troops and sent the left general Wang Dun to lead Gan Zhuo, Zhou Wan, Song Dian, Zhao Lu and others to crusade against Hua Yi. The Hua Yi faction drove Chen Xiong to garrison Pengze to resist, and he led the naval army as foreign aid.

After the battle between the two armies, Feng Yi, the Taishou of Wuchang, was defeated by Zhou Wan at Huangkou. The former Jiangzhou assassin Shi Weizhan was not valued by Hua Yi, and he was dissatisfied for a long time, so he decided to serve Zhou Guang as Sima Rui's internal response with Yuzhang Taishou and secretly sent troops to attack Hua Yi. Hua Yi was defeated and fled to Anseong, where Zhou Guang pursued and beheaded Hua Yi and his five sons.

Although Tao Kan did not send troops to attack Hua Yi directly, he could be regarded as a great meritorious service, and was promoted to General Long Xiang and Wuchang Taishou. Tao Kan betrayed Hua Yi at a critical time, and was not blamed by the world, for the sake of family interests, it became a custom to form an alliance with the Shi clan, not to mention that Tao Kan really stood on the right side this time!

After garrisoning Wuchang, the famine was still spreading, and the barbarians in the mountains often intercepted the ships on the Yangtze River to rob. Tao Kan ordered his subordinates to pretend to be merchant ships to lure the bandits, and the bandits really came and captured several people alive, and as a result of interrogation, they were originally the subordinates of Sima Yi, the king of Xiyang.

Tao Kan sent troops to force Sima Yi to hand over the thieves, and he led his troops to line up at Diaoyutai as a follow-up. Sima Yi had no choice but to kidnap and send out the twenty people under the tent, and Tao Kan beheaded them, and since then the water and land transportation has been safe and smooth. There was an endless stream of fugitives returning home, and Tao Kan did his best to help them settle down, and set up a market in the east of the county to trade with the Yi people, and reaped a lot of profits.

Although Sima Rui occupied Jiangzhou, most of the upper Jing and Hunan prefectures were occupied by the rebel army of displaced people led by Du Tao. Sima Rui sent Tao Kan to attack Du Tao, and ordered the general Zhenwei Zhou to visit and the Guangwu general Zhao Lu to obey Tao Kan's command. Tao Kanling was the second forward, and his nephew Tao Yu was the left wing, attacking Du Tao and defeating him.

In the first year of Jianxing (313), Zhou Yi, the assassin of Jingzhou, was besieged by Du Tao in Xunshui City. Tao Kan sent his subordinate Zhu Shi to the rescue, and Du Tao retreated to Lingkou.

Tao Kan judged that Du Tao would attack Wuchang by land, so he quickly led the army to take a shortcut and marched for three days and nights, and ambushed around Wuchang. Du Tao really came to attack, Tao Kan ordered Zhu Shi to lead an ambush to meet the attack, broke Du Tao, captured a large number of baggage, and killed and injured many enemy soldiers. Du Tao's defeated army retreated to Changsha.

Tao Kan won a big victory in the first battle, and Liu Hong's prophecy more than ten years ago was realized, so he was a little fluttering. Tao Kan sent Wang Gong, who joined the army, to report the victory to Wang Dun.

Wang Dun said: "If it weren't for Tao Hou, I would have lost Jingzhou." As soon as Boren (Zhou Yi) arrived, he was defeated by thieves, I don't know how he can be an assassin? ”

Wang Gong said: "We are in Jingzhou at a time of great difficulty, and Tao Longxiang (Tao Kan) must govern it. ”

Wang Dun agreed, that is, he worshiped Tao Kan as the envoy, General Ningyuan, Nanban Lieutenant, and Jingzhou Thorn Shi, and took charge of Xiyang, Jiangxia, Wuchang and other counties, guarded the town in Zhuankou, and moved the town to the river. He sent Zhu Shi and others to conquer the Jiangxia thieves and eliminated them. The thief king rushed to proclaim himself the history of Jingzhou and occupied Jiangling.

Wang Gong returned to Jingling, pretended to be Tao Kan's order, with Du Zeng as the vanguard governor, marched to kill Wang Chong, and surrendered his subordinates.

Tao Kan summoned Du Zeng to go, but Du Zeng did not arrive. Wang Gong feared that he would be convicted of falsely transmitting orders, so he rebelled with Du Zeng. Wang Gong attacked Tao Kan's army Zheng Pan in Zhuanyang, defeated him, and defeated Zhu Shi at Chukou.

Tao Kan was about to move and retreat, but he was confused by the general Zhang Yi, so he did not move. Soon Wang Gong's army arrived. Unexpectedly, Wang Gong, who betrayed Tao Kan, united with the exile army to sneak attack, and Tao Kan was defeated. After another battle, Tao Kan's boat was also hooked by the rebels, but fortunately he jumped into a small boat and was able to escape.

This fiasco caused Tao Kan to get the official position he had just been dismissed, but Wang Dun thought that Tao Kan had to eliminate the uprising of the displaced people, and Wang Dun asked Tao Kan to take the post as a cloth cloth.

Tao Kan once again led Zhou Wan and others into Hunan Province, and let the commander Yang Ju be the vanguard, defeated Du Tao, and stationed troops in the west of the city. Tao Kan's subordinates delivered a speech to Wang Dun to defend Tao Kan, and Wang Dun then asked Tao Kan to be reinstated.

Du Tao's general Wang Gong led 3,000 elite soldiers out of the Wuling River, lured Wuxi (now southwest Hunan, including Shaoyang and Huaihua regions) to help the barbarians, cut off the road of the official army with a naval division, and approached Wuchang. Tao Kan sent Zheng Pan and Fubo general Tao Yan to march into Baling overnight, defeated Wang Gong by surprise, beheaded more than 1,000 people, and surrendered 10,000 people, Wang Gong had to retreat to Xiangcheng.

There was a contradiction within the rebels, Du Tao killed him because he suspected Zhang Yi, the rebels were not at ease, and the number of surrenderers increased day by day.

Wang Gong came to challenge again, and Tao Kan said to him from a distance: "Du Tao is a small official in Yizhou, who embezzled money from the treasury, and he didn't go to mourn after his father's death. You are a good person, why do you want to follow him? Is there a traitor in the world who dies well? ”

At first, Wang Gong put his feet on the horse's back, looking arrogant and rude, Tao Kan said, Wang Gong solemnly put down his feet and sat upright, his expression and words looked very deferential.

Tao Kan knew that he could change, persuaded him again, and intercepted the oath, and Wang Gong submitted to Tao Kan. Du Tao was defeated, Tao Kan led the army to conquer Changsha, captured Mao Bao, Gao Bao, and Liang Kan of Du Tao's generals and returned to the division, and Du Tao's uprising was put down.

Wang Dun was very jealous of Tao Kan's merits, Tao Kan wanted to return to Jiangling, and was about to say goodbye to Wang Dun.

Tao Kan didn't listen, Wang Dun really kept him, demoted him to the general of Guangzhou Assassin and Pingyue Zhonglang, and let his cousin Wang Xuan serve as Jingzhou Assassin. Tao Kan's subordinates in Jingzhou begged Wang Dun to keep Tao Kan, but Wang Dun was angry and refused.

Tao Kan's generals Zheng Pan, Su Wen, Ma Lu and others were reluctant to go south, so they went to the west to meet Du Zeng to resist Wang Xuan. Wang Dun thought that Zheng Pan did this at Tao Kan's behest, so he put on armor and held a weapon, wanting to kill Tao Kan, but he couldn't make up his mind several times.

Tao Kan said solemnly: "Make Jun Xiongyi resolute and can adjudicate the affairs of the world, why are you so hesitant today." He got up and went to the bathroom.

Wang Dun's adviser to join the army, Mei Tao, and Changshi Chen Xuan said to Wang Dun: "Zhou Wan and Tao Kan are in-laws, just like one left and one right, how can there be two hands, how can you cut off his left hand and not come to help with his right hand." Wang Dun gave up and set up a banquet for Tao Kan.

Tao Kan set off overnight, and Wang Dun left Tao Zhan to join the army. After Tao Kan arrived in Yuzhang, he saw Zhou Yu and said with tears: "If it weren't for you as foreign aid, my life would not be guaranteed." ”

Tao Kan continued to advance to Shixing, and will enter Guangzhou, where Du Tao and Wen Shao occupy Jiaozhou. Hearing that Tao Kan was coming, Du Hong tried to use the deception to sneak attack. Tao Kan saw through his plan, set up a formation, and defeated Du Hong in one fell swoop.

All the generals asked to take advantage of the victory to attack Wen Shao, Tao Kan smiled and said: "Now that I am prestigious, why bother to use swords again, I only need a piece of paper to solve it." ”

So he wrote a letter to inform Wen Shao that he was afraid of fleeing, and the pursuers captured him in Sixing. Tao Kan was named the Marquis of Chai Sanghou for his merits, and the number of food estates increased to 4,000.

In the first year of Taixing (318), Tao Kanjin was the general of Pingnan. Soon, he added the governor to the state military.

In the first year of Yongchang (322), the Wangdun Rebellion broke out. In March, the imperial court issued an edict to Tao Kan to lead the Jiangzhou Assassin History with his own position, and then transferred to the Governor and Xiangzhou Assassin History.

After Wang Dun invaded Jiankang and took control of the government, he restored Tao Kan's original post and added a cavalry attendant. At that time, Jiaozhou assassin Wang Liang was killed by the traitor Liang Shuo, and Tao Kan sent Gao Bao to attack and defeat Liang Shuo.

The imperial court then issued an edict ordering Tao Kan to lead the history of Jiaozhou Thorn, according to Tao Kan's merits before and after, the second son Tao Xia was named the Marquis of Duting, and entered the general of the south and the three divisions of Kaifu Yitong.

In the third year of Taining (325), after the rebellion of Wang Dun was pacified, Sima Shao, Emperor of the Jin Ming Dynasty, in order to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, reused the power of Yu Liang and Xi Jian to restrict Wang Dao on the one hand, and at the same time promoted the Jiangdong Shi clan to strike a balance between the overseas Chinese and Wu Shi clans; On the other hand, the posts of Jing and Hunan were reassigned to the four prefectures, so that Fang Zhen could contain each other.

In May of the same year, the imperial court appointed Tao Kan as the military governor of Jing, Xiang, Yong, and Liang, the general of the expedition to the west, the assassin of Jingzhou, and the captain of the Southern Barbarians, and other positions remained the same.

Tao Kan ruled Jingzhou and attached great importance to the stability of social order and the development of agricultural production. After Wang Dunping, Jingzhou was starved, and many people starved to death. Tao Kan often bought rice during the autumn harvest, and when there was a famine, he sold it at a reduced price, which made the officials and the people happy, and they all relied on his relief to survive.

At the beginning, Yanghu and Liu Hong persuaded farming in Jingzhou to develop production, which won the support of the people, which had a great impact on Tao Kan. In addition, it is also necessary to take measures based on the need to consolidate its territory and develop its power.

Tao Kan was diligent and diligent, although he was a warrior, he was all encouraged. Those who give gifts ask the reason for it, and if it is caused by forced labor, they rejoice and comfort it. If he gains, he will repay it. It is because the army and the people are diligent in farming, and the family is sufficient.

Under the careful management of Tao Kan, from the Nanling Tomb to the White Emperor for thousands of miles, the road is not left behind. Although this statement is exaggerated, it is indeed an indisputable fact that Jingzhou's society was relatively stable and production developed at that time.

The people of Jingchu congratulated each other for having such a good official in Jingzhou who was honest and diligent in serving the people. The Miao Yao people in the Wuxi area said: "Although Master Tao is no longer an official in Wugang, his heart is still in Wugang. We and our children and grandchildren will always remember Master Tao. ”

Since then, Tao Kan's position has been rising, like climbing a towering tree. He always maintained a respectful and courteous and diligent style for officials, and eventually became a famous minister and cadre in the Eastern Jin Dynasty......

Until today, Wugang County, Hunan Province has set up Taokan Road and Taokan Primary School to remember the immortal achievements made by Taokan in Jingzhou (including Wugang).